Customize textField control to accept date

I want to customize a JTextField control to be formatted so that it can be viewed as a date field in the format of dd-MM-yyyy and get a valid date from the users. And also I want a calender to appear beside the JTextField, so that the user gets an option to
pick the date from the calender.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Grant
Thanks for your reply.
I have found the 'Control Hints' panel for the EO Attribute I am interested in formatting.
The 'Format Type' drop down box displays only '<none>'
and the 'Format' drop down box displays nothing.
I have found the formatinfo.xml file (as described in the Help documentation) and added this to my project. When the project is compiled, this file is put in the output directory, as are the other xml files.
I expected this to populate these drop down boxes - but no.
Should my formatting be selected from these drop down boxes or can I simply type my required format into the 'Format' control?
The links in the Help documentation for the 'Control Hints' screen appear not to lead anywhere so I am unable to find out how to create a new Control Hint or to learn more about Control Hints.
Can you please assist.
Many thanks
Urmila

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import com.id.swing.mask.JMaskField;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.text.ParseException;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
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import java.util.Locale;
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m_canBeNull = true;
initialize();
protected void initialize(){
setForeground(new Color(51, 0, 255));
setDisabledTextColor(new Color(0, 0, 0));
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setMinimumSize(new Dimension(27,20));
setMaximumSize(new Dimension(128,20));
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public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
this.setBackground(new Color(255,204,204));
public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {
isValidDate();
this.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
public boolean canBeNull() {
return m_canBeNull;
public void setCanBeNull(boolean value) {
m_canBeNull = value;
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boolean retVal = false;
try {
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if(!canBeNull()) {
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if(!theStr.equals("")) System.out.println(m_sdfUserPattern.parse(theStr));//ParseException can be thrown here
return true;
} catch (ParseException ex) {
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java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle("com/id/pyrites/client/resources/Bundle", getLocale()).getString("MSG_DATE_notValidDlgTitle"),
JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
} catch(Exception e) {
System.out.println("IdDateMask - verifyDate() - I18N - ERROR: " + e.getMessage());
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(IdDateMask.this,
"MSG_DATE_notValid" + m_userDatePattern,
"MSG_DATE_notValidDlgTitle",
JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
// super.setText("");
// this.requestFocus();
return false;
} catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("IdDateMask - verifyDate() - ERROR: " + ex.getMessage());
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().beep();
try {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(IdDateMask.this,
java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle("com/id/pyrites/client/resources/Bundle", getLocale()).getString("MSG_DATE_notNull"),
java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle("com/id/pyrites/client/resources/Bundle", getLocale()).getString("MSG_DATE_notNullDlgTitle"),
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JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
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java.util.ResourceBundle.getBundle("com/id/pyrites/client/resources/Bundle", getLocale()).getString("MSG_DATE_notValidDlgTitle"),
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"MSG_DATE_notValidDlgTitle",
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super.setEnabled(value);
//color section
public void setBackgroundText(Color c) {
setBackground(c);
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